Chize travel guide
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Visit Chize: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chize is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 24 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chize is 366 km from Paris and 561 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 20 km from Chize
Popular places to visit near Chize: these include Melle at 20 km and Niort at 25 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chize, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chize
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chize.
Note that all distances from Chize shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chize holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chize (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chize and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (20km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (38km) : La Roche Courbon (47km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (10km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (32km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (34km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Chize & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chizé
Canton: Brioux-sur-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79170
Distance to Chize
from Niort: 24 km
from Paris: 366 km
from Calais: 561 km
from Nice: 657 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 668 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chize): Brieuil-sur-Chize, Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, Le Vert, Saint-Severin-sur-Boutonne, Secondigne-sur-Belle, Seligne, Villiers-en-Bois and Villiers-sur-Chize.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Chize from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chize